Today in history
Posted by
Ejiro in Monday, July 31st 2006
- 1729 – Baltimore, Maryland is founded
- 1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay win the first Football World Cup
- 1932 – The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California
- 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born actor and governor of California was born
- 1954 – Elvis Presley makes his debut as a public performer
- 1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, ex-German football star and manager was born
- 1966 – At Wembley Stadium, host England wins the Football World Cup, After drawing 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, England beat Germany 4 to 2
- 1969 – Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with US military commanders
- 2002 – Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a basketball game
- 2003 – In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line
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